@article{ref1,
title="Cognitive training for delinquents within a residential service in Japan",
journal="Children and youth services review",
year="2012",
author="Miyaguchi, Koji and Matsuura, Naomi and Shirataki, Sadaaki and Maeda, Kiyoshi",
volume="34",
number="9",
pages="1762-1768",
abstract="This study evaluated the effectiveness of cognitive training for juvenile delinquents (CTD) with intellectual disabilities (ID)/borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) admitted to a residential service. The participants were assigned to either a CTD group (n = 12) or a waiting list control group (n = 12). The CTD was conducted for 16 weeks, and both groups took part in pre-, post-, and follow-up testing. Compared to the control group, the CTD group demonstrated significant improvements in cognitive functions, and these improvements were maintained at 3-month follow-up. These results suggest that juvenile delinquents with ID/BIF are responsive to cognitive training and that their ID/BIF was related to external factors such as a negative environment with stimulus deprivation and failure to obtain adequate special educational services. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KW: Juvenile justice; Juvenile delinquency;<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0190-7409",
doi="10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.05.013",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.05.013"
}